The season energy shift is already picking up in my world as we near Thanksgiving get-togethers here in the states. How about for you? Small daily efforts of conscious Lovingness and embodied mindfulness, plus adamantly making the time for my Creative Practice *really* help me not go anxiety-whackadoo and want to crawl under the blankets over the next few months. A little pre-emptive attention to what that looks like can make all the difference. This weekend I finished up 8 audios and 8 short videos for a little course called KEEPER, to help some of you start these busy, joyful, often hard and overwhelming weeks off right - with the intention of keeping our connection to our creative energy and the Spirit of the season alive, our heart centered on love and truth, and simplifying our creative practice(s) so it can hold and carry us through whatever comes up - challenging, joyful, confusing or the whole mix. There's a lot of performative-like pressure and expectation this time of year in our culture, and it's ok to take back the simpler beauty+connection of it all so we don't lose touch with what we really need+want moving through. KEEPER access is via my patreon, for SEAChanger and SKYGazer patrons - would love to have you come check out my new patreon space and enjoy all the offerings there if you feel called. More info on KEEPER is still at the top of my blog, with 3 tips for everyone, whether you join us or not. KEEPER tarts in a few days - enjoy at your own pace. . . #creativepractice #meditationart #artmeditation #artjournaling #moleskine #dreamscape #visualjournal #bluepainting #contemplation #halikarlaarts ... #creativeprocess #womencreatives #artheals #soulwork #arttherapy #intuitiveart #selfcare #trusttheprocess #mixedmediaartist #creativemindset ... #healingart #practiceinpresence #artmatters #creativelifehappylife #creativeenergy #faithhopelove #spiritualdirection #mindfulart #creativeexpression #holistichealing
a page from a time of unexpected losses and traveling, letting colors hold truths that words only ever imply... new on the blog: 3 tips for helping you keep your Creative Practice going during the upcoming holiday season, so that it can hold, keep and carry you through the joys, busy-ness and challenges alike⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #creativepractice #creativeprocess #holidayart #griefwork #soulwork #dailypractice #artmeditation #prayer #contemplation #visualstorytelling • #soulfulart #rawart #artjournaling #creativejournal #journalart #creativeworks #transformation #tistheseason #healingarts #trusttheprocess • #earthmedicine #holyspirit #creativespirit #artmatters #hsp #introvert #creativesoul #practiceinpresence #spiritualdirection #artheals
Have you felt a call to the story-sifting, generational-healing creative work of our times, too? In this season of Harvest, Day of the Dead, Ancestor connections, Samhain, Halloween, All Saints and All Souls, I have brought back to life a Contemplative Creative Journaling Tutorial that makes a wonderful Creative Practice ritual for these days: Grandmothers’ Medicine. It's a 13 page guided PDF, with 4 art journaling demo videos, an 18 minute intro audio and reflective journaling prompts to help you sift + connect with the Grandmother energy in your family line or lived experience (or any familial/ancestor stories of your choosing, really). It would make a meaningful accompaniment & ritual to any other visible ways you explore+express+honor your invisible & living connection to the generations that have come before you. It’s also instant access, with a CHOOSE-WHAT-YOU-PAY system right now - I hope that helps some of you. This weekend is also the perfect New Moon to turn toward these sorts of deep seeing, loving and healing rituals of expression, exploration and devotion in your Creative Practice. Sending blessings of joy, insight and depth to you for whatever ways you celebrate, honor, engage and create with your stories and loved ones (living and unliving) in this season. LINK IN PROFILE
Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers. ~ Rumi ... (...oh, that Rumi...)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ {Spirit Bird Painting, 12x12 inch mixed-media on canvas panel, in shop} ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #creativepractice #creativeprocess #creativework #artwork #soulwork #borntocreate #intuitiveart #mixedmediaartist #meditationart #contemplation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #visualstory #dreamscape #birdart #mixedmediapainting #creativeenergy #artcollection #artheals #artmatters #womenartists #creativewomen #interiordecor #abstractpainting #dreamworld #innerlandscape #artmeditation #creativespirit
Where the Spirit is, there is freedom. | When we realize in our Creative Practice that we don't even 'need' the practice itself to receive what we long for or encounter who we are, we are at that moment set free to come to our practice fully and wholly, not as a way to achieve an outcome or earn an insight, but as a visible, regular expression of opening ourselves to the experience of what is sacred, unnameable, invisible, empowering and true. The well that fills and energizes us into action and witness. The prayer that offers not performance or even mere intention, but surrender to engagement and conscious impact. Where peace grows rooted in choice, compassion and commitment, from seeds planted deep in the dirt and promise of our living truth. May we be open to giving our attention, time and energy to cultivating the practices that makes us come alive. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #creativepractice #dailypractice #artmeditation #contemplation #meditationart #prayer #trusttheprocess #doitfortheprocess #artheals #healingart #holistic #intuitiveart #intuition #creativespirit #holyspirit #sacredword #contemplativeart #quiettime #practiceinpresence #artoflistening #knowyourself #healyourself #livewithspirit #creativeenergy #devotional #borntocreate #creativejournal
Captions, talk and pages cannot express the multitudes within this past week. This world is hard, life is hard, and we are here to live (in) it as best we can, for better or worse. Thankful for wordless, quiet spaces of love and presence, simple reminders of life-giving togetherness and those who keep lit and carry the torches of creative hope+activation in our world today. ... #creativepractice #everythingisconnected #practicegratitude #artjournaling #journalpage #intuitive #hsp #creativeenergy #bethechange #talkless #artistherapy #artheals #expressiveart #spiritualdirection #practiceinpresence #bepresent #creativeexpression #prayerispowerful #makespace #creativelife #simpleart #healyourself #contemplative #createrelate #lifeisart
This waterscape has a wee bit of surprise shimmer. 💫 Swipe left to see... (10 x 10 x .75 inches. Acrylic and ink mixed-media painting on wood) . . . #creativepractice #meditationart #artmeditation #natureart #natureismymuse #abstractlandscape #dreamscape #landscapepainting #intotheblue #contemplation ... #creativeprocess #womanartist #shimmer #artcollection #intuitive #artheals #intuitivepainting #mixedmediaartist #dreamworld #peacefulplace ... #healingart #practiceinpresence #trusttheprocess #magicart #healyourself #dailydevotional #waterscape #motherearthlove #earthmedicine #creationstory